brush
noun
an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, grooming, etc.
are brushing
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present progressiveof brush.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If you are brushing once a day then he recommends it be in the evening and make sure you also floss.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
There is certainly the suggestion of enduring elegance, of self-sufficiency, or let’s just say, of not falling while you are brushing your teeth 30 years from now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2025
Now lawmakers are focused on the larger package, and in what has become routine, are brushing up against the deadline when federal funding expires.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
However, the only factors that the ADA has found necessary to mouth health are brushing for two minutes with a reasonably soft brush and using proper technique.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2018
"We are brushing up the anatomy for the last time."
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
